Garment-stay.



No. 844,160. PATNTBD FEB.12,1907. A. E. MAGORIS.

GARMENT STAY. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2a, 1906.

,iinrrnn srarns" earner @RMQE.

ANTHONY E. naeonis, or BINGHAMTON, 'NEW'YORK.

@AEMENT STAY- in garment-stays; and the object is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and effectual stay capable of great fiexibilityand elasticity; and

it consists in a single piece of wire made of the best quality of steel bent into. staggered loops, the bends in the wire being prefly in the form of half-circles, so that no sharp angles are formed, and the loops thus constructed being susceptible of any desired elongation, and it terminates at its ends in such a manner as to afford ample bearing to admit of perfect capping of the ends of the stays.

My invention still further consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, which willbe hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Fi re 1 is a plan view of one of these stays. i ig. 2 is an edge view. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 ofFig.1. I

The wire used in the formation of this stay is preferably music-wire of the best quality more completely wi the make-up of the stay,

sistance of the stay is of steel, it being as nearly unbreakable as it is possib e to make an elastic metal. This wire is bent into a lurality of alternatelyarranged loops 1 1, a l of which are forme hiln e Wire is so bent in forming these 00 s that each bend 2 is approximately in the orm of a half-circle, as indicated in Fig. 1. These loops are susceptible of much variation in length and breadth; but the wire is so bent and they are so disposed that a continuous stay is formed of three interrupted lines of wire a, b, and 0 approximately parallel to one another. Thus the more nearly the bends 2 2 of the loops a preach each other the ll there be three wires in they are apart the more nearlythe stay will be in the form of a single wire and the greater resisting power will the stay have. he redetermined in large measure by the size of the wire and the di- My invention relates to an improvement Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 23. 1908. Serial llo. 3%,579.

' rigidly in place when once outer parallel edges where as the farther Patented net. 12, isn't.

mensions oi. the loops used in given len th of stay. I I

he form oi loo illustrated and described admits of any wi th of the stay in cross-section and the use of any size of wire.

The stay is so flexible that it. may be adjusted a circle, if desired. It is preferably uniform in thickness throughout and is adapted to lie flat in the garment, it never being thicker in transverse section than'a cross-section of the wire of which it is constructed. The stay is held in usual form of inclosed stays or hem, or it may be sewed lengthwise through loo s by means of a single line or double paralle lines of interrupted stitching. I

At the ends the stay is cap ed, as at 4 4,- the constructionbeing such t at the sheetmetal cap has an extended bearing-surface at the end around one of the bends 2 and the extreme end of the wire, as well as on the of two opposite loops, this portion of the stay remaining fixed and inelastic, so that the i p rem ins securely and astened about the wire.

The wire used in the formation of the stay may be variously treated or coated to make it rustproof before using it.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a very simple and easily-constructed stay is formed, which is erfectly flexible in every direction without incurring the slightest dancommonly used.

in any direction, even into the form of the garment either in the Slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the several parts described withoutdeparting from the s int and sco e of my invention, and hence do not wisli to limit myself to the exact con struction herein set forth; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an article of manufacture, a garmcnt-stay composed of a single piece o1 wire bent to form a succession of a proximately parallel oppositely-located an oppositelyopened loops, the said-loops elongated and extending longitudinally of the stay.

2. A garment-staycomposed ot' a single piece of Wire bent in a succession of elongated and oppositely-(lisposcd loops,tl1e ends of which are capped, the caps embracing three approximaacly parallel plies of Wire whereby the caps maintain a fixed relation with the portions of the Wire which they embrace.

? In testimon whereof I have signed my nzunc to this specification in the presence of l two subscribing witnesses.

i ANTHONY E. MAGORIS.

g W i bnesses I E. A. HENLEY, IDA M. WoUenTER. 

